The Book Trunk

Oxfam

  • More Oxfam Goodies

    Just look what I found in the Oxfam shop! This…  And this… I do love book hunting, especially when I strike literary gold! I’ve been looking out for a copy of Nicola Beauman’s A Very Great Professionfor quite some time,… Continue reading

  • Spring Bulbs, Marmalade, Sulphur and Soup!

    I was brought up in Surrey, and I love gardening books, so Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden, by Mrs CW Earle, seemed tailor-made for me, and I succumbed to its delights as soon as I spotted it (in a box… Continue reading

  • There Will Be No New Books….

    I am the first to admit that volunteering in an Oxfam Book Shop is not necessarily the best of activities for someone who has resolved that there will be No New Books. But the other volunteers are so nice, and… Continue reading

  • Spellbound by a Sparkling Story!

    Happy New Year people! I’m still here – I haven’t gone anywhere, and I certainly haven’t given up blogging. But I cannot believe I haven’t posted anything since the middle of November, and I haven’t really got much of an… Continue reading

  • Cupcake heaven – stitched and baked!

    And now for something completely different. Cup cakes! I have been making edible and non-edible varieties. The ones intended for consumption came courtesy of a recipe in The Hummingbird Bakery Cake Days: Recipes to make every day special, by Tarek… Continue reading